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Rd 10 in the womens. The youngest Carissa Yip age 12 beat GM Irina Krush in a crazy Sicilian for one of the biggest upsets ever. The second youngest Jennifer Yu beat Anna Zatonskih in an almost as big upset to eliminate both Krushs and Zatonskihs championship chances. Tatev Abrahamian won finally an up and down nervous game and at 8 out of 10 leads the field and holds the fate of the championship in her own hands.
Other notes. Its official: Naka prepares by playing bullet late in the evening and into the wee hours. Source says he played 5 hours bullet on chess.com before facing Jeffery Xiong next day. Naka says it helps him relax. Not recommended for anybody else. Poll of championship winners 80% Fabiano Caruana and about 40% Tatev Abrahamian. In round 10 Nakas knights got hopping. First threat by kings knight on g5 got it exchanged. Then the queens knight did a small tour - c3, b5, xa7, b5, a3 and then the decisive c2 and xd4. In the Yip - Krush game the 12 yr old played the showcase rook sack Rg5 attracting resignation to beat her second GM!
Final round today at 2pm (Toronto time). Robson vs Naka key game. Also Wesley So needs to perform. Top 3 finishers get to play Garry Kasparov in a 4 man blitz. I guess Ive got to root for Naka because I want to see him play Garry. In the womens two nail biters.
Maurice reminds us of the prize money. The 1st three places in the Open are worth $50,000, $35,000 and $25,000 respectively and $25,000, $18,000 and $13,000 in the Women’s.
Early on in his game, Fabiano comes into the confession booth. He says that his game is extremely complex and he doesn’t stand worse. He looks somewhat worried and that worries those of us who want him to win the tournament.
Recently Gata Kamsky talked about his addiction to online gaming (in Russian) at:
"I’ve been playing for twelve years - says Kamsky - starting with Tetris, and then Arcada, MMO's, ExerQuest, Roleplaying , Strategy, Civilizations, Age of Wonders, Command and Conquer series , online versions, League of angels, Dota 2, and more recently -. Magic the Gathering, This is a game I discovered just before the US Open and played it night after night."
"All these years I've tried to stop, sometimes it worked, but then something happened in my life and I was again plunged into this deceptive virtual reality. Tens of thousands of hours that could be spent on chess and life. National Championships, World Cups - from the middle of the night awakenings, to be selected in the online championship..."
"Of course, the people close to me know about this side of my life. Gambling serves as a protective mechanism in the early years, and then most likely it has helped me to keep sanity. But later it became an addiction to prevail over all others. In my life, only games and competition have value. Family, education, health, life itself - all these faded into the background."
He wanted to warn young people of the danger of such an addiction.
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The first two games drawn are Robson-Nakamura and Kamsky-Shankland. Ray has gone through undefeated and he feels with his draw today, he has secured a place on the Olympic team. Hikaru is looking forward to playing blitz against Garry.
Garry Kasparov comes in to talk to the commentators. He assesses the Chandra-Caruana game as roughly equal but Caruana is one of the best players around and Chandra is low on time.
Maurice breaks in to say that the computer has Nazi completely winning against Irina. Everything is dependent on her playing 26…Nd3. Oh dear, she plays f4 instead.
Tatev resigns. She glances at Nazi’s game on the way out of the room.
Everyone seems to be showing nerves today.
Nazi makes a lot of second-class moves and seems to have thrown away all her winning chances.
Chandra is playing on his increment versus Caruana. He makes the time control but his position has deteriorated significantly.
Maurice keeps shouting out moves from the computer and Garry calmly analyzes by inspection.
Garry is asked about books he likes. He says that he would not study an opening book. They are not for people above ELO 2000. Of other books, books that he has enjoyed since he was young, Kasparov gave these five: Bronstein 53, Keres 48, Bronstein’s 200 Open Games, Fischer’s 60 and Sosonko’s books on the great players and great world champions.
[Respectively they are: The Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953, Hague-Moscow 1948, 200 Open Games, My 60 Memorable Games and a set of The Reliable Past, Smart Chip from St Petersburg, Russian Silhouettes and The World Champions I Knew]
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In spite of heroic efforts by Akshat, Caruana wins their game and is the new champion. Nazi Paikidze wins her game and is Women’s champion.
The games:
U.S. Open Championship
Round 11, April 25, 2016
Chandra, Akshat – Caruana, Fabiano
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed
With the exception of the slight discomfort against Kamsky in round 10, Caruana played mostly clean chess the entire fortnight. Ditto for Paikidze, who was the only woman never to be in danger of losing a game during the tournament. The commentators agreed that their stability made them worthy champions, though one of them had to make an unlikely comeback today.
After failing to convert a few winning positions late last week, Paikidze's one extra draw meant that she trailed WGM Tatev Abrahamyan going into today. The odds got longer when you looked at the pairings. Both women had Black, but Abrahamyan was playing one of the juniors, while Paikidze faced the seven-time champion Krush.
Everything worked out for her -- Abrahamyan lost her way in a secondary opening and Paikidze outplayed Krush.
She fought back tears as soon as Krush resigned, but her emotions were on display during the game.
Caruana ensured there would be no such drama in the U.S. Championship. He slowly overran IM Akshat Chandra, handing the U.S. Junior Champion his fifth straight loss, to clinch clear first place. That nullified the result of GM Wesley So's game (he couldn't overcome staunch defense by GM Alex Lenderman).
Several hours earlier, Nakamura drew GM Ray Robson in a game where the four-time champion had no chances to push.
In the last round Tatev Abrahamian played into a position she didnt know in an opening she didnt know well and suffered in a horrid position for the rest of the game. Maurice said her opponent was playing like Karpov. Garry Kasparov, who was in the commentating booth, said if you are playing in a must win situation you should play an opening that you are comfortable with and that you believe in so that if a surprise comes your way you are ready to do your best in battle.
As a result of the Tatev Abrahamian tragedy (loss of decisive game) Nazi Paikidze crushed Krush (Irina) in a nice attacking game as Black to win in the championship in style. At one point her two knights could have gone to e3 and d3 in an eyepopping picturesque position.
Fabiano Caruana kept his position as Black solid and waited for mistakes from his young opponent Akshat Chandra and they happened in shortage of time. Caruana won the US Championship. Wesley So stumbled against Alex Lenderman but it didnt matter as he couldnt overtake Fabulous Fabiano. Ray Robson - Naka finished early in a draw as neither wanted to risk their positions. Naka wanted to make sure he got to play Garry Kasparov and Ray Ray wanted to secure his spot on the US Olympic team by finishing fourth. Caruana 8.5 first, Wesley So 7.5 second, Hikaru Nakamura 7.5 third, and Ray Robson 7 fourth.
There was an additional bonus for the top three winners of the US Championship. They all get to play Garry Kasparov in a blitz event on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and April 29. Hikaru Nakamura in particular is looking forward to it. Garry Kasparov often plays blitz online at playchess.com under an anonymous handle so if you play blitz and play there you may have already played him. The blitz event should be fun and Im looking forward to watching it. and the trash talking has already begun!
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